[FIFA AWARDS] Abby Wambach became the first American to win the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award in a decade, and Swede Pia Sundhage, who led the USA to the 2012 Olympic gold medal, was the first coach of a U.S. team honored as the World Coach of ... Read the whole story

[FIFA GALA AWARDS] At the age of 25, Lionel Messi can already lay claim to consideration as one of the greatest players in the history of soccer. He won an unprecedented fourth straight FIFA Ballon d'Or following a year during which he scored a world record goals for Barcelona and ... Read the whole story

[MLS COACHES] The Montreal Impact named 50-year-old Swiss Marco Schaellibaum, who has been a FIFA coaching instructor for the last two years, as its new new head coach. Toronto FC is set to replace interim coach Paul Mariner, announcing a press conference for Tuesday at which it is expected to ... Read the whole story

[SOCCER NIGHT IN NEWTOWN] Almost 1,500 people turned out Monday night for an evening of soccer at Newtown Youth Academy. The draw was a bevy of current and former U.S. stars, including Landon Donovan and Mia Hamm, and the goal was to give children and their families a chance to ... Read the whole story

[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Teenager Andy Najar, the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year, has joined Anderlecht on loan from D.C. United for the month of January. The Honduran international, who trained with the Belgian champions in December, rejoined them at their winter training camp in Belek, Turkey. Read the whole story

[AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS] Fuad Ibrahim, who was the second youngest player after Freddy Adu ever drafted by an MLS club, has been named to Ethiopia's team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations Jan. 19-Feb. 10 in South Africa. Ibrahim, who is now 21 and plays for the NASL ... Read the whole story

"Today at training journalists even started talking to me on the field, which is not normal. They shouldn't be allowed. I think France is not used to having someone in their country who is of my
level." -- Paris Saint-Germain's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (Guardian) ...More